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by FullMtlAlcoholc 3323 days ago
> To the best of our scientific knowledge, human life has no meaning." Maybe the meaning of life should be to improve our scientific knowledge.

This has been the conundrum of the existentialist for well over a century. However, you need to consider those who don't enjoy science. For me personally, it was mostly the arts that spurred my love and thirst for scientific knowledge.

Thea beauty of being human (assuming free will isn't an illusion) is that since life has no meaning, the individual gets to define a personalized meaning of life.

If one finds the popping of bubble wrap their life's calling and has their physical, psychological, social, etc. needs met, then by all means pop those bubbles until transcendence. :)

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I agree, not everybody will or can do it. I actually enjoy science, but I found out that I'm not enough good to do something meaningfull.
> but I found out that I'm not enough good to do something meaningfull

Don't shortchange yourself. History is an extremely abridged version of reality. For things like, say Einstein's theory, his wife was an important contributor in the sense that he'd converse with her almost every day in formulating his theories.

Of course you have to pay bills, but you don't have to published papers that are heavily referenced to have success. If you enjoy it, that is its own reward.